Only a handful of such incidents are mentioned in all four Gospels, and one of them is Peter’s denial of Christ. But the denial and Peter’s subsequent remorse gave rise to the beautiful way in which he was restored and re-commissioned. When the angel asked the women to tell the disciples that Jesus was risen, only Peter was mentioned by name (Mark 16:7). John chose to close his Gospel with a description of the touching conversation where Jesus spoke to Peter about his love, the call to feed Christ’s